Thursday, November 6, 2014

Full trailer for "Into the Woods" released

Take a gander:

Of course it looks stunning. And Meryl looks fierce post-transformation. The only real singing other than group stuff was Meryl singing "Stay with Me." She sounds lovely but (I can't believe I'm saying this) the last few notes "with me" sounded a bit...hard. Her voice is nicely light as the role requires, and I know I'm being really picky, but it's possibly my favorite note in the entire show. She doesn't use vibrato for that section and it comes across a bit amateur. It's my own fault for getting too attached to Bernadette Peters' version from the original production.

I know Meryl is an actress first and singer second, but I was just hoping for that last little section to be more of what I was used to. Regardless, she sounds brilliant otherwise, and based on the trailer it looks like the film could really deliver.

Jeff it may be possible that they altered her delivery to better bring the trailer to a soft close. It may be edited differently in the film. I know Meryl knows how to get all the emotional currency out of a song so let's see. Also glad her new number will be available on the DVD but that means no Oscar for it :(